Alternative Medicine

The second push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida is moving full steam ahead, with more than 100,000 signed petitions presented to the state on Wednesday. "This is a massive head start over the previous campaign, which started late," said Ben Pollara, campaign manager of United for Care, the organization behind the medical marijuana amendment. "If we can sustain this pace, we should ensure our place on the ballot before the holidays." A similar proposal in 2014 garnered 57.6 percent of the vote — shy of the required 60 percent. But its odds may improve in 2016 because of an expected increase in voter turnout and more liberalized views toward marijuana,...

As Illinois' fledgling marijuana industry slowly gets underway, some companies have begun hiring in anticipation of opening in the coming months, attracting a diverse set of candidates willing to take a chance on a business with an uncertain future so...

HARTFORD — For a few hours on Monday, Connecticut lawmakers appeared poised to approve a policy permitting children with epilepsy and other serious illnesses to participate in the state's medical marijuana program.
But the moment was fleeting.
By Monday...

CHICAGO (AP) — Medical marijuana has not been proven to work for many illnesses that state laws have approved it for, according to the first comprehensive analysis of research on its potential benefits.
The strongest evidence is for chronic pain and...

As women get older, they have different needs when visiting their gynecologist. The body begins changing as menopause nears. Menstrual periods become irregular, hormone levels change. It can all be confusing for women. Dr. Katharine H. Taber, medical...

HARTFORD — Connecticut plans to allow up to three more medical marijuana dispensaries, targeting New Haven and Fairfield counties, where there are the most registered patients and the fewest licensed sellers.The decision to add to the state's six...

Dean Fishman, a chiropractor in Florida, was examining an X-ray of a 17-year-old patient's neck in 2009 when he noticed something unusual. The ghostly image of her vertebral column showed a reversal of the curvature that normally appears in the cervical...

HARTFORD — Holden Rupert was a thriving grade-schooler despite having a rare form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome. He rode a skateboard, performed on stage and had so many friends in his public school that he was known as the mayor.But at age 11,...

Connecticut will move forward with a change in regulation to expand the Medical Marijuana Program by adding three medical conditions to the original 11 that allow a person to buy and use marijuana in the state.Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A ....

— Connecticut's Medical Marijuana Program could be broadened to allow patients who suffer sickle cell disease, chronic pain after back surgery and severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis.Tourette's disorder, however, will not be added to the list of...

HARTFORD — Patients and their advocates pleaded with a state panel of doctors Wednesday to expand Connecticut's Medical Marijuana Program to include additional medical conditions beyond those currently allowed by state law."Gentlemen, you ought to...

A second manufacturer of medical marijuana made its first deliveries Tuesday — raising the competitive stakes for the fledgling industry in Connecticut.
Curaleaf LLC, based in Simsbury, confirmed it shipped ground-up marijuana flowers and pre-rolled...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is opening a 25-story outpatient surgery center at its Streeterville campus Monday, boosting its expected capacity in that segment by at least 33 percent in the first year.
The $330 million project comes at a time when...

Medical marijuana hit the shelves in Connecticut just two weeks ago, but there's already been a push to change state regulations about how the medication is sold to chronically ill patients.
"Our Plant, Our Right," an online petition, seeks...

Connecticut's six medical marijuana dispensaries have all received their first shipments — and sales Tuesday were well underway at most of the locations.
"We are serving our patients, appointments every 10 minutes," said Angela D'Amico,...

Nearly two years after it was legalized, the first sales of medical marijuana were rung up in Connecticut Monday, ending more than 80 years of a wide-ranging ban on the substance.
More than two dozen customers flocked to The Healing Corner in Bristol,...